European Union denies US snoops access to electronic banking data

European Union denies US snoops access to electronic banking data

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A U.S. push to legally access data generated by Europe's electronic banking activity has been rebuffed by EU lawmakers in a vote of parliament, according to published reports...

U.S. diplomats in Brussels called the move 'a setback for U.S.-EU counter-terror cooperation,'" Dow Jones Newswires noted.

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), however, have been examining Swift data since 2001, even without EU permission. When this fact was revealed in 2006, the U.S. was threatened
with sanctions.

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The U.S. government just keeps winning friends and influencing people all over the place in the name of "counter-terrorism efforts."

In this episode we find that our government officials were snooping into the bank accounts of the E.U.'s citizens without the E.U.'s knowledge from 2001 until they were caught in 2006 and threatened with sanctions.

Since then, they've been allowed to continue under certain security restrictions. But the European Parliament says, "no more."

The counter-terrorism community never saw such a gift as that which was bestowed upon them on September 11, 2001. It was a most successful means through which one could engage in criminal activity and call it legal.

The American citizens are always the last to know when unscrupulous acts are being committed by those acting on behalf of their country. Apparently, the U.S. believes a good way to foster positive relations with other countries is to spy on their citizenry.

I suppose we are to assume that many terrorists have been thwarted due to these spying efforts.

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I believe that the EU, in the name of the very same U.S.-EU counter-terror cooperation, asked for equal access to U.S. banking data, but the U.S. said "no way".

This is a repost. EU Committee Rejects U.S. Data-Sharing Deal

This has nothing to do with the good fight it has to do with power and control. Good for them kick them out and don't let them back in.

Well after the last eight year tango with US..the EU are tired of US and their concubin Israel..this is our way to start saying NO MORE

Originally posted by Subjective Truth
This has nothing to do with the good fight it has to do with power and control. Good for them kick them out and don't let them back in.

A good way to kick them out would be to start by shutting down their military bases which can be found from the UK all the way to other side of Europe in Greece.

if americas work is not going to be included in what is tabulated by their books then ok we dont need access.if america in any form possible has anything to do with their accounting we need full access to means they are attempting to progress that includes cashless and checkless; electronic.

If the US were that concerned about any financial shenanigans, they'd start a little closer to home, with all those Bahamian banks, so favoured by the jetset and coke equipped.

Perhaps though, that's just a little too close to home!

the us does not have a problem with what you euro people have termed vices that is a "black" market economy. this inquiry and sustenance of is about credit and malfeasance of accounting not tied to labor and markets tied to black markets and americas output.

The EU is the global snooper in chief. It is an incredible shame that the EU has actually reached the point where it allows member states to steal post from its EU citizens, and to keep it away from the rightful owner/receiver of the post.
All of this is done secretly by the EUROstasi/gestapo like criminal kommissars running the clownshow in Brussels. This is of course an absolute disgrace and obviously indicates the state of decay and decadence of the EU project. All the EU seem to be good at, is the violation of its own principles, and in this soup the EU will boil.